Questions: Relationships

An Emotional Caretaker is some own who avoids conflict in order to appease the other half the relationship in order to make them happy. They do this because the genuinely care for the other person and would rather themselves feel upset, hurt or anger then to cause the one they love to be hurt or upset. The long-term hope for the caretaker is that it the relationship will improve over time and eventually the other person will love and respect them on the same level that they love and respect their partner.

An Emotional Manipulator is some who is magnetically drawn to a caretaker, regardless of what the caretake does for them there is always a higher expectation for more. They make it hard for a caretaker to set boundaries or stand their ground an issue, because they constantly crossing lines or changing the aim of their target by deflecting and redirecting conversations or disagreement into other fronts and areas. Until it because too much for the caretaker to want to persist in the argument.

Most Caretakers do not see themselves as victims. Manipulators make themselves the victim in every scenario and do not always consciously know or acknowledge to themselves that the are using or taking advantage of anyone.

SO I will assume most will manipulators would never admit to be being one and by and large I do no think a true emotional manipulator has a complete grasp on who and what they really are. Most of time the behaviors of the manipulator are very subtle, passive and subconscious. They easily justify everything by making themselves the victim, and there by justifying their behaviors.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/stop-caretaking-the-borderline-or-narcissist/201404/when-relationships-are-based-manipulation#:~:text=An%20emotional%20caretaker%20is%20someone,health%20and%20well-being%20needs.

Is it socially acceptable for a Man to enjoy being submissive to Women?

In every other sense of the term, I am a solitary person.

I exclusively pursue work that allows me a high degree of autonomy, I don't have many friends and I like it that way, if I'm ever in a place with a large amount of people in it, it's always for a specific reason that doesn't involve those people (even if it's as simple as "there's a lake and the view is nice"), and my alone time is extremely important to me.

But my girlfriend and I always need to at least be in contact with each other. We'll both readily admit that we're needy as fuck.

I have a very hard time imagining myself living like a complete hermit because then I start thinking "what about baby?"

A hermit's life WITH her and just her.. I can imagine pretty easily. We fantasize about it to each other often.

Real idyllic cottagecore shit.

But just by myself? What about baby?